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Bookmark or Share- Understanding anger: How psychologists help with anger problemsOne CBT-based anger treatment is known as Stress Inoculation. This method involves exposing the person to imaginary incidents that would provoke anger, providing opportunities to self-monitor their anger and practice coping methods. Though there has been less research on other methods for treating anger, several appear to show promise. Those ...
- Anger Has Benefits for Attaining Goalswith these accounts, anger is elicited by films and images that involve social injustice (see H. C. Lench et al., 2011, for a review of elicitations), and appraisals of blame predict anger (Siemer et al., 2007; Smith & Ellsworth, 1985). However, people report experienc-ing anger during a range of experiences involving obstructed goals
- Anger - American Psychological Association (APA)Anger can be a good thing. It can give you a way to express negative feelings, for example, or motivate you to find solutions to problems. But excessive anger can cause problems. Increased blood pressure and other physical changes associated with anger make it difficult to think straight and harm your physical and mental health.
- Control anger before it controls youAnger is “an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage,” according to Charles Spielberger, PhD, a psychologist who specializes in the study of anger. Like other emotions, it is accompanied by physiological and biological changes; when you get angry, your heart rate and blood pressure go up, as do ...
- Strategies for controlling your anger: Keeping anger in checkAnger can also lead to stress-related problems including insomnia, digestive problems and headaches. Anger can also contribute to violent and risky behaviors, including drug and alcohol use. And on top of all that, anger can significantly damage relationships with family, friends and colleagues. Strategies to keep anger at bay
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